Afenifere, the apex Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, has used the occasion of the commemoration of the June 12, anniversary, to call the attention of the Federal and State Governments, demanding the establishment of state and community policing as well as the restructuring of the country. The Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, in a Democracy Day message on Wednesday, noted that while citizens celebrate sustained democratic rule in Nigeria on this auspicious occasion, they’re...

The Kogi State Government has mourned the demise of former executive chairman of Yagba East Local Government Area (LGA), Alhaji Funsho Ganiyu  Ibrahim. The Government in a condolence message on Tuesday signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, lamented that the state has lost a national asset. The message reads, “The Government and people of Kogi State have received with deep sadness the news of the passing of a distinguished son...

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has officially renamed the Abuja International Conference Centre (ICC) as the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, in honour of President Bola Tinubu. The minister announced the renaming during the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated centre on Tuesday in Abuja. He stated that several halls within the facility have been named after Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and...

In what appears to be a bold move to revive the soul of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, hosted a gathering of influential party members in Abuja on Monday evening. The meeting, held behind closed doors, brought together what Wike described as “true believers in the survival of the party.” The gathering, held under the banner of “Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP,” was a show of...